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Gibraltar
Printemps 1941, Gabriel et Margaret arrivent en Algérie après avoir échappé aux miliciens et à la chasse allemande. Ils sont recueillis par le Groupe de chasse I/3, basé sur Oran, dirigé par le lieutenant Salva, un proche du gouvernement de Vichy. Gabriel retrouve un ancien pilote qu'il avait rencontré à Chartres, Marcel Albert. Gabriel et Margaret sont consignés à la base.. Leur situation devenant dangereuse, ils décident de s'enfuir et Ils parviennent à rejoindre Gibraltar. Gabriel décide de démissionner du SOE. Margaret retourne en Angleterre tandis que Gabriel s'engage sur le chantier qui doit permettre d'agrandir l'aérodrome de Gibraltar. Il rencontre Jean-Michel Maquet. Le 14 octobre, Marcel Albert, Marcel Lefevre et Albert Durand désertent le GC I/3 et débarquent à leur tour à Gibraltar.. FAFL raconte les aventures d'un jeune pilote engagé, Gabriel Messine, au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à travers l'Europe et l'Afrique du Nord. Les Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres ne deviennent véritablement opérationnelles qu'à partir d'avril 1941. De la guerre civile espagnole à la bataille d'Angleterre, en passant par des missions pour la résistance en France, Gabriel va montrer toute son habileté à accomplir des prouesses à bord d'avions aussi mythiques que le Spitfire ou le Lysander..
48 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 2019
About the author
Daniel Wallace
91 books452 followersDaniel Wallace is author of five novels, including Big Fish (1998), Ray in Reverse (2000), The Watermelon King (2003), Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician (2007), and most recently The Kings and Queens of Roam (2013).
He has written one book for children, Elynora, and in 2008 it was published in Italy, with illustrations by Daniela Tordi. O Great Rosenfeld!, the only book both written and illustrated by the author, has been released in France and Korea and is forthcoming in Italy, but there are not, at this writing, any plans for an American edition.
His work has been published in over two dozen languages, and his stories, novels and non-fiction essays are taught in high schools and colleges throughout this country. His illustrations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Italian Vanity Fair, and many other magazines and books, including Pep Talks, Warnings, and Screeds: Indispensible Wisdom and Cautionary Advice for Writers, by George Singleton, and Adventures in Pen Land: One Writer's Journey from Inklings to Ink, by Marianne Gingher. Big Fish was made into a motion picture of the same name by Tim Burton in 2003, a film in which the author plays the part of a professor at Auburn University.
He is in fact the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English, and director of the Creative Writing Program, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his alma mater (Class of '08). He lives with his wife, Laura Kellison Wallace, in Chapel Hill. More information about him, his writing, and his illustrations can be found at www.danielwallace.org and www.ogreatrosenfeld.org.
He has written one book for children, Elynora, and in 2008 it was published in Italy, with illustrations by Daniela Tordi. O Great Rosenfeld!, the only book both written and illustrated by the author, has been released in France and Korea and is forthcoming in Italy, but there are not, at this writing, any plans for an American edition.
His work has been published in over two dozen languages, and his stories, novels and non-fiction essays are taught in high schools and colleges throughout this country. His illustrations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Italian Vanity Fair, and many other magazines and books, including Pep Talks, Warnings, and Screeds: Indispensible Wisdom and Cautionary Advice for Writers, by George Singleton, and Adventures in Pen Land: One Writer's Journey from Inklings to Ink, by Marianne Gingher. Big Fish was made into a motion picture of the same name by Tim Burton in 2003, a film in which the author plays the part of a professor at Auburn University.
He is in fact the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English, and director of the Creative Writing Program, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his alma mater (Class of '08). He lives with his wife, Laura Kellison Wallace, in Chapel Hill. More information about him, his writing, and his illustrations can be found at www.danielwallace.org and www.ogreatrosenfeld.org.
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